Viscountess Davidsonasked the Postmaster General whether, having regard to the fact that the replacement of male personnel at Crown post offices by female personnel does not involve any increase in numbers, he will pay the female personnel at the same rates as male personnel, on the basis of equal pay for equal work?
§ Captain CrookshankDifferentiation in pay between men and women in the Civil Service is a matter of general Government policy, and I would refer the noble Lady to the replies given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17th November last and 1st July to Questions on the same subject by the hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. W. Brown) copies of which I am sending to her.